Nelson Algren Quotes
The only way I could finish a book and get a plot was just to keep making it longer until something happens.
Quotes to Explore
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Australians don't have a preconceived notion of what things have to be... we can go on a fantastic journey.
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I love everything that's beautiful. A lot of things.
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I had a major bug for cities and for paintings and literature and all the things I thought went on in cities.
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I would say 'The Master' was one of the most inspiring things I've ever got to work on.
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The fossil record is incredible when it preserves things, but it's not a complete record.
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I really like collections of things. I love antique botanical prints with a bunch of different weeds and seeds.
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I just write mechanical things.
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When I went to university in Colorado, I was encouraged to write very innovative, experimental things, and some of the short stories in 'Bearded Ladies' are a little bit experimental.
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I love to pitch things that I believe in and products that I love to use.
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The only things I'm competitive in are backgammon and poker.
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I like doing a bunch of different things, being all over the place.
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I happen to believe that there is an afterlife.
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I love mispronunciations. I love when people mispronounce things.
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Living in New York after 14 years, I'm such an outdoors kind of person. I love gardening and building things. I like restoring old furniture.
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The only interesting thing that can happen in a Swiss bedroom is suffocation by feather mattress.
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The biggest things in life are not materials.
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What happened I think on Sept. 11 was we were given graphic and clear evidence that things had changed.
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I think we're always intrigued by things we're not familiar with.
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To solve big problems you have to be willing to do unpopular things.
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I function better when things are going badly than when they're as smooth as whipped cream.
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My grief lies onward, and my joy behind.
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Quincy Jones' autobiography 'Q' is very good. Because he's a master at music, he's one of our greatest composers, and its good for him to have a book and tell the good ole days when he was with Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan and Ray Charles.
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I'm a songwriter first.
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The only way I could finish a book and get a plot was just to keep making it longer until something happens.
